pier 音标拼音: [p'ɪr]
n . 码头,桥墩,防波堤
码头,桥墩,防波堤
pier n 1 :
a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles ;
provides access to ships and boats [
synonym : {
pier }, {
wharf }, {
wharfage }, {
dock }]
2 : (
architecture )
a vertical supporting structure (
as a portion of wall between two doors or windows )
3 :
a support for two adjacent bridge spans Pier \
Pier \,
n . [
OE .
pere ,
OF .
piere a stone ,
F .
pierre ,
fr .
L .
petra ,
Gr . ?.
Cf . {
Petrify }.]
1 . (
Arch .)
(
a )
Any detached mass of masonry ,
whether insulated or supporting one side of an arch or lintel ,
as of a bridge ;
the piece of wall between two openings .
(
b )
Any additional or auxiliary mass of masonry used to stiffen a wall .
See {
Buttress }.
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
A projecting wharf or landing place .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Abutment pier },
the pier of a bridge next the shore ;
a pier which by its strength and stability resists the thrust of an arch .
{
Pier glass },
a mirror ,
of high and narrow shape ,
to be put up between windows .
{
Pier table },
a table made to stand between windows .
[
1913 Webster ]
92 Moby Thesaurus words for "
pier ":
abutment ,
anchorage ,
anchorage ground ,
arc -
boutant ,
arcade ,
atlas ,
baluster ,
balustrade ,
banister ,
bank ,
base ,
basin ,
beam ,
berth ,
breakwater ,
bulkhead ,
bulwark ,
buttress ,
buttress pier ,
buttressing ,
caryatid ,
colonnade ,
colonnette ,
column ,
dado ,
die ,
dock ,
dockage ,
dockyard ,
dry dock ,
embankment ,
flying buttress ,
footstalk ,
groin ,
hanging buttress ,
harbor ,
harborage ,
haven ,
jack ,
jetty ,
jutty ,
landing ,
landing place ,
landing stage ,
levee ,
marina ,
mole ,
moorings ,
newel -
post ,
pedestal ,
pedicel ,
peduncle ,
peristyle ,
pier buttress ,
pilaster ,
pile ,
piling ,
pillar ,
plinth ,
pole ,
port ,
portico ,
post ,
protected anchorage ,
quay ,
queen -
post ,
rampart ,
retaining wall ,
road ,
roads ,
roadstead ,
seaport ,
seawall ,
shaft ,
shipyard ,
shoulder ,
slip ,
socle ,
staff ,
stalk ,
stanchion ,
stand ,
standard ,
stem ,
subbase ,
support ,
surbase ,
telamon ,
trunk ,
upright ,
wharf ,
wharfage
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